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I'm not trying to be a middle aged centerfold, I just want to look at myself naked and not be disgusted.

Terry McMillan

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Terry McMillan
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Port Huron
Michigan
Disgusted
Aged
Naked
Middle
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Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.
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People need to be re - sometimes we need to reinvent ourselves and then get reacquainted with our better selves.
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I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it.
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My stories are character driven.
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happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!
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I take what people feel and think, especially when it's different from, very seriously, and I find it liberating.
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People always have something to say about what you do and how you do it.
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I don't trust white critics' judgment about most things that deal with black life, particularly when a black person is the creator.
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Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.
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don't sabotage your own greatness by succumbing to failure!
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Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.
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I like doing the readings and the autographing, but the interviewing gets a little tedious because you get asked the same questions every day and sometimes three or four times a day.
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We never thought some guy would deliberately fill our hearts with brown sugar and then pour hot water all over it.
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Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.
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People like to run their mouths.
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I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.
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You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.
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money does not guarantee happiness or peace of mind, it can take your mind off things, distract you, but it can't replace the generic stuff a person needs!
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Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.
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Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
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